ScuzzBlog: Diaries August 2026 Entry 28th August 2026: Post 1: Blacks Editor - Amiga Text Editor. Blacks Editor - Amiga Text Editor. Those that read the blog will know of my love for text editors. I grew up using a PCW Word Processor and there was only text to play with generally under the bonnet of CP/M and RPED. So when I came across Blacks Editor whilst perusing a copy of Amiga Format during the recent heat wave I flagged the editor for an early feature once normal services resumed. So here I am having pilfered disks from the Amiga Format and Amiga Shopper repository. Sadly I only have the one half of AF107a so I pulled the Amiga Format CD Disc 23 which carries both disks. Black Editor looks like it was the original work of Marco Negri and later became a partnership with Paul Schifferer. I have the Shopper version 1.0 and Amiga Format version 1.1. Both were and still are I guess shareware. The format is very standard with the added ARexx support and a nifty DOS launcher which I thought was a nice touch. I enjoyed my short tour of the interface and would certainly recommend getting this if you like text editors as I do. For reference Amiga Format CD's not only are a wealth of software but always carry the cover disks for the month. I stopped buying the disk versions of the magazines in favour of the CD version for this very reason. The CD also comes with a very easy to use search function. One last thing and that is that the Amiga Format cover disk has a registered version of LZX which is an enhanced compression tool developed by Jonathan Forbes. An essential tool for the Amiga. As you know I have lost the Win7 machine and now do all my image editing using an XP machine. Fingers crossed so far all working with no problems. I have to sort out batch editing on Thumbs but otherwise all is working as previous. So with some respite from the heat I may just be able to return to normal service. Blacks Editor - Amiga Text Editor.

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